Blue slips are a long-standing Senate tradition that requires presidents to earn the approval of both home-state senators.

More than half of New Yorkers said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) should be replaced by another Democrat in ...

New York Helicopter Tours, the company involved in the deadly crash on the Hudson River last week​, is shutting down its ...

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that he'll use a Senate procedure that allows home state senators to object ...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has become a leading face of the Democratic Party's resistance to the Trump administration, ...

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered New York Helicopter Charter Inc. to cease operations while it conducts a review ...

Senator Chuck Schumer had said he would block the permanent appointment of Jay Clayton, the president’s choice to head one of ...

For political show, the New York Democrat blocks a fine choice for U.S. Attorney.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has been losing favorability over the course of President Trump’s second White ...

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) has invoked the Senate’s “blue slip” tradition to block President Trump’s ...

While it is not law, Senate custom for vetting U.S. attorneys and district court nominees has long required the approval of ...